Don't be surprise that manchester city will recover from thier form after this break, and of course manchester city is supposed to be in the top 4 of the table if not for there poor performance. But I think they still have the chance to make it up to the top 4 because the point differences isn't that much just a difference of 1 point, chelsea in the other side is not also in a good performance. So I think the performance of this 3 teams after this break will determine who will qualify for champions league next season.
Such an assumption will not always be true because Chelsea and Newcastle will also use the break as best they can to improve their abilities in the rest of this season, moreover Newcastle also has a new spirit after defeating Liverpool in the EFL Cup final this season and Newcastle has not played its 29th match this season. This means that Newcastle's chances of getting a top four position are much greater than Manchester City. Because on the one hand Chelsea itself will not give up in maintaining its current position so Chelsea will also provide fiercer resistance to anyone in the rest of this season.
Chelsea is now performing very well and now gaping Manchester city with just 1 point and I know they will try there best to remain in that number four position in the table however Manchester City can still top them for me Manchester city is still in a good position to come out number 4 position in the table because they are also very much inform, we all know that pep guardiola is a very great coach and he knows just the best thing to do to make sure his team will come out number 4 in the table, right now among this two teams which is Chelsea and Manchester City if any of them lose any match again then I think the other team will take over till the end of the season, well I don't see Newcastle being able to come out number 4 position in the table because even Chelsea is gapping them with 2 point and Manchester City is also gapping them with 1 point and Newcastle is not that inform that they will end this season without any team winning them there by making them to drop point, for me the team I see will even have a chance more than Newcastle is Brighton because they are very much inform this season and they have same point with Newcastle the only reason Newcastle is topping them is the goal difference.